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screenkey 1.5

• New LockScreen detection from Marc Lavallée prevents passwords from being shown right after unlocking the screen when possible (new dbus dependency required).
• Keypad number keys are now displayed correctly (thanks to @Gordin508).
• Additional mouse buttons are now shown as "M[x]" instead of being incorrectly displayed as Ctrl/Alt modifiers (@Gordin508).
• The new --window command line flag allows to display screenkey as a regular window instead of an overlay. This can be useful for recording screenkey as an independent overlay during screencasts and/or to manage the window position through the window manager.
• New German translation thanks to Maik Schmalle.
• Fix regression that would keep the overlay visible when using Ctrl sequences with the mouse visualization disabled.
• Fix regression causing a backtrace instead of a proper error message during initialization errors.
• Fix crash happening due to screen size and/or resolution changes while screenkey is running.
• Prettify JSON configuration file (thanks to Mehrad Mahmoudian).

screenkey 1.4

• Internationalization/catalog handling during installation is now handled with Babel (python-distutils-extra is no longer used).
• Improved highlighting of recent mouse activity (makes fast actions such as double-click more distinct).
• Fixed another resizing issue not working properly when attempting to shrink the window size.
• Removed Python 2 remains (thanks to Jürgen Gmach).

screenkey 1.3

• Can displays mouse clicks and modifier keys, with big thanks to Matthew White, Ziad El Khoury Hanna and Roope Salmi!
• Updated Russian translation thanks to Olesya Gerasimenko.
• Includes Appstream metadata by Rajeesh K V.
• Add --version support by Anders Jackson.
• Fixes interactive resizing with a persistent window.

screenkey 1.2

• Now supports FontAwesome 5 in addition to FontAwesome 4.
• New multimedia keys for: bluetooth, tools, favorites.
• New Catalan translation thanks to Eduard Ereza Martínez.
• Updated Simplified Chinese translation by @WhiredPlanck.
• New flag --start-disabled by Laurence Tratt to start screenkey in disabled state.
• Fix crash due to a race condition thanks to Roope Salmi.
• Fix incorrect value for "Compress repeats" in settings.

screenkey 1.1

• Fix PyGI warning during startup when using AppIndicator.
• Fix running with GTK versions older than 3.23.

screenkey 1.0

• Switch to Python 3 and GTK 3, thanks to Yuto Tokunaga.
• "ISO_Left_Tab" is now also shown as Tab.
• Shift+Shift or Alt+Alt can now be used to toggle screenkey as an alternative to Ctrl+Ctrl.
• More multimedia keys are supported (volume, brightness, playback).
• Transparency of the window is now independent from the text (thanks to Ziad EL KHOURY HANNA)
• Screenkey no longer detaches by default from the terminal.
• New "Windows" and "Linux" modifier modes.
• French Translation improvements by Georges Khaznadar.
• Improved geometry handling by Alberto Fanjul.

screenkey 0.9

• Ctrl+Ctrl detection now works correctly in more scenarios.
• Ctrl++ (and similar sequences with repeated characters) are now shown as Ctrl+"+" for improved readability.
• Shift+Backspace is now recognized and shown correctly.
• Several multimedia keys are now supported. If "FontAwesome" is installed, the correct symbol is also displayed instead of a text abbreviation.
• Visualization of whitespace characters can now be controlled.
• Repeated key sequences are now abbreviated with a repeat count if above the specified threshold (3 by default).

screenkey 0.8.1

• Fixed startup issue in Ubuntu without using --no-detach.
• Fixed desktop menu file.

screenkey 0.8

• Fix Alt+Shift mapping on stock altgr-intl keyboard layouts.
• Correctly stay above fullscreen windows.
• Do not mask pointer/keyboard events: allow the mouse to be used normally "under" the output window.
• Improved interactive positioning (slop is required).
• Allow KeySyms to be ignored (added --ignore on the command line), for better interaction with custom keyboard maps.

screenkey 0.7

• Font color, background color and opacity are now fully configurable.
• The saved state of boolean settings (persistent, modifiers only, etc) is correctly restored when changed from the settings dialog.

screenkey 0.6.2

• HiDPI support
• Fix initial state of "Persistent window" in the preferences.
• Allow to reset the stored the geometry from the preferences also when changed interactively.

screenkey 0.6.1

• Fix exception on first run.

screenkey 0.6

• The python-xlib module and the xmodmap executable are not required/used anymore. screenkey now uses libX11.so.6 directly.
• Key composition/input method support.
• A new setting (always show Shift) has been added to always add "Shift" in modifier sequences which contain capitalizable letters.
• CapsLock and NumLock status (on/off) is now shown when pressed.

screenkey 0.5

• Fixes issues with recent glib versions.
• XAUTHORITY is no longer required to be set.

screenkey 0.4

• The font is now configurable as well
• Tweaks to symbol spacing
• Highlight recent keypresses for improved readability

screenkey 0.3

• Multi-monitor support
• Configurable size/position
• Can show modifier sequences only
• Improved backspace processing (3 different modes)
• Normal/Emacs/Mac caps modes
• Enable/disable dynamically by pressing both control keys
• All settings available through command-line flags
• Usable without system tray (for tiling window managers)
• Several bug fixes